🇬🇧 Creating a Giveaway

Learn how to set up a giveaway to promote your products by defining its duration, prizes, and participation question.

July 2, 2026 By Megalopole SRL

This guide explains how to configure and publish a giveaway. The goal is to increase your products’ visibility by engaging the gaming community in a highly effective way.

Planning Your Giveaway

Before you begin, make sure you have read the tutorial on creating a news post, as the language settings and publication basics are identical. The first major difference concerns scheduling.

Unlike news posts, giveaways have a maximum duration that depends on your subscription plan:

Maximum Duration	Subscription Plan
Up to 1 week	*Essential* Plan (Free)
Up to 2 weeks	*Plus* Plan
Up to 3 weeks	*Pro* Plan
Up to 4 weeks	*Max* Plan (Distributors only)

Once approved, upcoming giveaways are immediately displayed in a dedicated section of the platform. This allows players to discover them and get ready to participate even before they officially begin.

Step #2: Next, select the estimated shipping date for the prizes and confirm your selection.. — Next, select the **estimated shipping date** for the prizes and confirm your selection..

Selecting Categories

Step #3: Open the Categories section to choose the category that applies to your prizes. — Open the **Categories** section to choose the category that applies to your prizes.

Configuring the Prize

Step #4: Enter the exact product name in the designated field without adding any extra text. — Enter the **exact product name** in the designated field without adding any extra text.

Step #5: Select the currency (US dollars or euros), enter the unit value of a prize, and specify the number of prizes available. — Select the **currency** (US dollars or euros), enter the **unit value** of a prize, and specify the **number** of prizes available.

The giveaway can only be approved if the total value of all prizes (unit value multiplied by the number of prizes) is at least $80 USD.

Activating this option will display a public notice informing participants that prize fulfillment depends on the successful completion of the crowdfunding campaign.

Step #7: Choose whether the prize is physical or digital. — Choose whether the prize is **physical** or **digital**.

Step #8: If the prizes are physical, open the country selection menu and choose the destinations to which you are willing to ship. — If the prizes are physical, open the country selection menu and **choose the destinations** to which you are willing to ship.

You are solely and entirely responsible for shipping the prizes.

Creating the Participation Quiz

Participants must answer a quiz question correctly in order to validate their entry.

Step #10: Open the Required Question section to create the main quiz question. — Open the **Required Question** section to create the main quiz question.

Write a question that has one—and only one—correct answer. It should not be too easy, but it should not discourage participants either.

Step #11: Enter the correct answer in the designated field. — Enter the **correct answer** in the designated field.

Step #12: Enter the four incorrect answers in the following fields. — Enter the four incorrect answers in the following fields.

The system will automatically randomize the order of all five answers.

Step #13: Provide a link that participants should ideally visit to find the correct answer, or at least strong clues that will help them discover it. This link may point to a website, a crowdfunding campaign, a game’s rulebook, or any other relevant source. — Provide a link that participants should ideally visit to find the correct answer, or at least strong clues that will help them discover it. This link may point to a website, a crowdfunding campaign, a game’s rulebook, or any other relevant source.

FAQ

Q: What is the minimum prize value required to create a giveaway?

A: The total value of all prizes (the value of one prize multiplied by the number of prizes offered) must be at least $80 USD. Giveaways below this threshold cannot be approved.

Q: Can I link my giveaway to an active crowdfunding campaign?

A: Yes. You can enable a dedicated option that publicly informs participants that prize fulfillment depends entirely on the success of the crowdfunding campaign.

Q: Who is responsible for shipping physical prizes to the winners?

A: As the organizer, you are solely responsible for fulfillment and shipping. Board Game Station only provides the platform. Therefore, you should carefully select the countries to which you are willing to ship.

Q: How difficult should the participation question be?

A: The question must have one clear and indisputable correct answer. Avoid making it too easy so that participants are encouraged to learn more about your product, but don’t make it so difficult that it discourages participation.